F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[W]

Vocabulary

state (n)-WAY OF BEING, a condition or way of being:
E.g.: The stable was preserved in its original state.
E.g.: Your room is in a terrible state.
E.g.: It’s a sad state of affairs (= a bad situation) when our rivers are so endangered.

dilemma (n): 1- a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do:
E.g.: She faces the dilemma of disobeying her father or losing the man she loves.
E.g.: a moral/ethical dilemma

serif-a small line that is added to a printed letter in certain typefaces (= particular designs of letters and numbers):
E.g.: Times New Roman is a popular serif font.

sans serif-any typeface in which the letters do not have serifs (= small lines) added to them:
E.g.: I prefer to use sans serif for this kind of information.

atheist (n): 1-无神论者

agnostic (n): a person who believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not
E.g.: Although he was raised a Catholic, he was an agnostic for most of his adult life.
E.g.: An agnostic is a doubter.

Pronunciation

atheist-/ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/

agnostic-/æɡˈnɑː.stɪk/

Some tips for working with visually impaired (lilyl)
Nowadays, more and more people are becoming visually impaired because of overuse of eyes, such as watching too much phone, overwork with computer and incorrect posture of looking books and so on. Therefore, it’s necessary to pay attention to some tips when we are woking with those who are visually impaired.
In the passage of “Nine essential tips for working with people who are blind”, there are some tips to introduce what we can do and what can’t. First of all ,what we can including identify yourself when initiating a conversation, describe the layout of large rooms, give a verbal indication when walk away, provide electronic copies of materials and add alternative text tags to graphics. At the same time, there are also some behaviors we are better not to do ,including don’t censor your language when speaking to the individuals with disabilities, don’t be afraid to ask questions instead of just make assumptions, don’t speak or touch a guide dog when it is working, and don’t use highly stylized typefaces.
Following the above tips may help us work with each other better.

Some tips for working with visually impaired (lilyl)

Nowadays, more and more people are becoming visually impaired because of overuse of eyes, such as watching an online content on their phones, overwork with computer and incorrect posture while reading books and so on. Therefore, it’s necessary to pay attention to some tips when we are woking with those who are visually impaired.
In the passage of “Nine essential tips for working with people who are blind”, there are some tips to introduce on what we can do and what can’t do. First of all ,what we can do includes identifying ourselves when initiating a conversation, describing the layout of large rooms, giving a verbal indication when we walk away, providing electronic copies of materials and adding alternative text tags to graphics. At the same time, there are also some behaviors we are better not to do ,including don’t censoring our language when speaking to the individuals with disabilities, don’t being afraid to ask questions instead of just making assumptions, don’t speaking or touching a guide dog while it is working, and don’t using highly stylized typefaces.
Following the above tips may help us work with each other better.